Western & Atlantic Railroad 
Crew Heimer
- 2035 Bramblewood Drive, NE
- Atlanta, Georgia 30329
- 404-329-9657
- crewcrew@juno.com
Tour Schedule
Saturday November 13, 2010 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Directions
See It On The Map
House is one mile from I-85 and North Druid Hills Road (exit 89)
From I-85:
North on North Druid Hills Road,
Right on Buford Highway,
After ½ mile, left on Bramblewood Drive,
¼ mile on right is #2035.
In front of the house is a no parking zone (and sign)
Layout at a Glance
What is modeled is a busy single track railroad with heavy Florida-Midwest passenger (Dixie Flyer & Dixie Limited) & freight traffic. Atlanta-Junta also hosts L&N trains (Southland, Flamingo and coal trains). Rome RR trains meet the main line trains at Kingston. Fudging the time by two years (to 1941) enables an L&N E6 to poke a nose in, and the New Budd Streamliner – the Dixie Flagler –however the stainless Flagler is steam hauled, as was the original . I have been fortunate to find a great deal of operating information and employee timetables from the last 1930’s upon which to base operations. It has been fun learning and replicating railroad history new to me.
Scale
HO
Size
11' X 13' plus 28' X 3'
Prototype
What if State of Georgia did not renew lease to NC&StL in 1919
Locale
Atlanta and North Georgia
Era
1939
Layout Style
Stacked loop to loop Atlanta over Chattanooga
Len. Mainline
120' single track (2 scale miles)
Layout Height
40" to 48"
Benchwork
Grid sections with risers bolted together
Roadbed
Cork on Homasote on 1/2" or 3/4" plywood
Trackwork
Code 83 mainline, code 70 and 55 on other tracks, code 100 in staging
Turnout Min
#6 #4 on single ended freight tracks
Min Radius
30" Mainline, 21" on loops, 18" Rome branch
Maximum Grade
2 %
Scenery
5% complete, 70% of structures are positioned awaiting scenery
Backdrop
hardboard painted sky blue
Controls
Easy DCC wireless
Wheelchair Accessible
Yes - Call ahead for special arrangements
Updated: Wed Sep 1 06:46:54 2010